How can I find which police stations in Taiwan have camping facilities for cyclists?
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- Aparna Patel
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- 19 Jul, 2023
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This website (which is the first entry on my Google search with the keyword 台灣派出所營地 (Taiwan Police Station Campsite), not affiliated) is a list of campsites in Taiwan, and lists two entries with the tag "police station". One is in Dulan, Taitung as the OP mentioned, and one is in Changbin Township, Taitung. The listing is unfortunately in Chinese only.
However, readers should note that the two campsites above are in the process of being decommissioned, and re-purposed as a rest/recreational area instead. This is reported in a number of Taiwan media in 2017 (China Times, Liberty Times). Quoting the Liberty Times (translation mine, apologies for the strange writing – I do not translate text for a living!):
台東東海岸4個分駐、派出所免費開放帳篷區，每年造福超過2千位背包客，但部分員警抱怨，縣議員也指不符專業，縣警局長黃慶惠今天表示，目前僅存的2個露地，將遇壞不修，自然淘汰。
Every year 2,000 backpackers benefit from the free campsites operated by four police stations in East Coast Taitung. However, such campsites are not popular amongst some policemen, and attract criticism from a county legislator on its deviation from the force’s mission. The Commissioner for the (Taitung) county police has stated today that the force is in the process of decommissioning the remaining two campsites. They will be worn down without being subject to any extra repair work.
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